Shared services at work

by jmaloni

Sat, Jun 11th 2011 04:05 am

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The Town and the
Village of Lewiston have been working together on the new Seneca Street on-ramp
that is intended to relieve traffic snarls that typically occur on Center
Street after the "Tuesday in the Park" concert series at Artpark.

"This project was
a textbook example
of the utilization of shared services," said Town of Lewiston Highway
Superintendent Doug Janese, who is shown left in the photos with Village of
Lewiston DPW Superintendent Brian Meigs "The paver being used actually belongs
to Niagara County,
and Town of Porter Highway Superintendent Scott Hillman loaned us his large
blacktop roller.

"Village Public Works
Superintendent Brian Meigs and I jointly staffed the job with equipment
operators and drivers, and the NYS DOT provided the machine to cut the existing
concrete curbing on the
parkway. All in all, five separate agencies worked together to do the job."

Janese reports
that the New York State Park System is paying for all the materials, so there
is no cost to the town or the village. The project is expected to be completed
in advance of their first concert date on June 14.

"Brian and I
really have a great working relationship," Janese adds. "This is our second shared services
project in the last month, the first of which was the complete replacement of
the parking lot on the south end of Academy Park (second photo).

"Brian is very helpful and
knowledgeable, and he and his
entire staff are always a pleasure to
work with. We share equipment and manpower whenever any situation calls for it, which saves our residents tens of
thousands of their tax dollars every year."